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"I get coven heads are stressed but I've never seen one like this..." "Shut up steve." A scout told him as they were with Mateo who was mostly drinking the third bottle of apple blood from the bar. "Sir it's been a week since you've started your drinking habit... not to mention you haven't shaved your hair and well..."

Mateo stopped and dropped his bottle and looked at them his eyes were weary, hair messy and oily, a slight beard growing as he took another shot of apple blood before steve took the drink from him.

"Sir you need to go back to your duties if not then..." "Shut up you idiot..." Mateo responded as he slumped on the table as the two scouts had to pull him and take him back to the castle by force, he simply slumped on his bed in a saddened drunken state as one of the scouts Ava entered.

"Reporting for duty sir..." "Just leave me be." Ava knew he started saying this after she had heard that his human lover had moved on with someone else and that would put anyone in a sad state like him. Ava then took off her mask showing her calm shy face before entering her boss's room. "Sir, do you mind if I ask you something?"

"What is it, Ava?" Mateo asked as he started removing his coven mask and looking at himself in the mirror. "What your doing to yourself it's going to destroy everything you have trust me I know." Ava then simpled placed her hands on his before making a spell circle and summoning a simple potion.

"What is this?" "It'll help with your problems and no side effects I promise you that." Mateo slowly took the potion and drank it before coughing and gagging. "What the hell was that?" "It mostly changes your tastebuds to a specific taste,"

Ava told him before she handed him a glass of apple blood. "Now try." Mateo barely pressed his lips on the drink before dropping it to the floor and holding his nose. "Mint, mint!" He then reached into his pocket and took out a small box of mentos he had before taking and chewing one as Ava looked at it. "What is it?" "You never had gum?" "Is it some sort of organ slime?" Mateo chuckled a bit before handing her one. "Try it it won't kill you unless you swallow without chewing."

Ava then did and chewed feeling the taste of strawberry and cherry as the two then started chewing more gum and ended with Ava making a large bubble from it that popped in her face as both the witch and the human laughed.

The next day Mateo was mostly more energetic before standing next to Kikimora. "I see that you're in a better mood this morning." "Yes, like I need that tea that Terra Snapdragon offered." Soon the two of them went into another meeting with the troops as Ava was in the crowd watching, "Now, hurry back to your jobs before I punish you myself!" Kikimora shouted as the scouts then rushed to their posts. "Ava Armani, hold it," Mateo said as he rushed up to her. "Kiki do you mind?"

Kikimora grunted before leaving as the two then talked a bit. "You have any more of those "chews"?" "I swear you're getting addicted to these." Mateo then handed ava a flavored mint as she took and chewed it. "What flavor is this?" " Strawberry sweet and perfect with anything..." "Can you tell me more about the human world?"

"And why the sudden reason of interest?" He asked with a small smile as the witch struggled to answer. "It's interesting that the Emperor would make someone without any magic a coven head a human no less." To be honest Mateo really wanted to ask the same thing but figured to keep to himself till it was the right time. "Alright how about we meet later and I'll tell you everything I know?" Ava agreed.

"So you're saying that it never boils in the human realm?" Ava asked before eating a squid. "Yeah, nothing as dangerous as this place, quiet silent nights, the way the trees change color over the seasons, lots of snow in the winter."

"It sounds beautiful." "It is, maybe one day you'll see it with me..." He said slowly putting his hand on top of hers as she clucked and blushed a bit before Mateo quickly pulled back. "Sorry I don't know what got over..." "It's alright." Mateo then quickly left before going into his quarters with a red face. "What am I doing!?" "Sir are you alright?" Ava asked from behind the door as Mateo quickly put on his mask before opening it. "Yes! nothing to worry ab..."

Ava then took off his mask showing his heavy red face. "It's nothing to be ashamed of, believe me." "I..." She then leaned in before the two then pressed lips for a minute before stopping. "Stop just stop." Ava did. "What's wrong?" "This all just feels all too fast and too soon." "I'm sorry..." Ava then slowly walked away as Mateo then held his cross necklace tightly. ("Lord, show me how to no to this, I don't know how to say no to this.") He muttered to himself before looking at her. "Wait, would it be better if I went on another "Lunch Talk" with you?"

"Yeah, that does sound better..." Ava told her before the two then looked at each other and blushed. "I think I forgot something back at the table in the cafeteria." "Yeah, same... need help?"

Ava nodded as she and Mateo went back to the cafeteria. "So... what else is different in your world." "Let me tell you about churros and funnel cake..." "Sounds weird." "Says the one eating a salad with live Kraken." The two chuckled a bit not noticing that they were both holding hands together while walking down the hallway passing the glass murals and portraits of The Emperor and the Coven.

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